Yemen has inflicted $2 trillion in damages on Saudi Arabia: Ex-US ambassador

IRNA26 October 2026, 10:19 UTCSaudi Arabia

Chas Freeman, former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, says estimates of the damage inflicted upon Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Ansarallah have reached two trillion dollars, warning that this is a war that Saudi Arabia cannot win.

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